Crab Trap

[fishguy449]

I recently purchased a 75g off of a guy. While cleaning the rock of majanos I poked in a hole at something and it moved. It seems to be a large crab. Dark (green?) plating and red bead-like eyes. I've had the rock in a q-tank for some time now and the guy won't come out. I've contacted the seller and although he had the tank for a couple of years, he never saw the crab either.

So I was thinking of making a trap where you invert the top of a plastic bottle so that I could get a pic of him for identifiaction and care. I have a gatorade bottle with a wide mouth since I don't think there is anyway that he could get into a regular sized drink bottle opening. I was wondering what I should bait the trap with? I have marine cuisine and emerald entree and fbs. Will any of these do? Also, any tips on the trap would be appreciated.

 

[Fat Man]

A lot of people use a clean glass and lean it against the rock work. They then put a piece of raw shrimp it. The crab crawls in after the shrimp and cant crawl out.

 

[fishguy449]

FM, how exactly do you "lean" it? Is it upright? Is the idea that the inside of the glass is too slippery for him to crawl back out?

 

[Fat Man]

Just put it in your tank and tilt it at a steep angle so the top is resting against the rock work. And yes that is the idea.